No sworn affidavit was submitted by Vice President Sara Duterte during the House good government committee hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 20, after lawmakers said that an affidavit would not be enough to answer concerns about her office’s confidential funds use. Vice President Sara Duterte...
There is no assurance that Vice President Sara Duterte will attend the Nov. 20 hearing of the House good government committee despite personally receiving an invitation when she went to the House of Representatives. Vice President Sara Duterte (center) receives the invitation from the House...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has urged the government not to leave employees of the Optical Media Board (OMB) in limbo. During the Senate’s hearing on the proposed budget of the OMB for 2025, OMB’s primary function was put into question after Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
Vice President Sara Duterte will only face the House quad-committee that’s looking into her father’s bloody war on drugs campaign if she’s in the mood to argue. Vice President Sara Duterte (MB file photo) Speaking to reporters, the official disclosed that she wasn’t invited...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, confirmed the travel of chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez to the United States but clarified that it was a “personal” trip. Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP/Facebook) In a statement, the OVP said that Lopez...
Officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) once more declined to appear before the House good government committee on Tuesday, Nov. 5, citing as reason the delayed transmission of a subpoena and questions on the panel’s jurisdiction and legislative agenda, among others. In a...
Vice President Sara Duterte lambasted lawmakers for doing its own audit of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget utilization, arguing that government agencies spend millions and billions on projects. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before the media in a sit-down interview on Oct. 18,...
It will be a no-man-left-behind scenario for six officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as Vice President Sara Duterte herself said she’s willing to get detained with them whether or not they decide to attend a House panel’s inquiry into her office’s alleged misused funds. ...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) believes that the ongoing probe into the agency's use of funds is "unnecessary" because the matter is already being handled by the Supreme Court (SC), warning about a "constitutional crisis" if lawmakers will continue doing so. The OVP in a statement...
Skipping anew the House good government inquiry into the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget utilization on Thursday, Oct. 17, several OVP officials called the hearing unnecessary and echoed Vice President Sara Duterte’s call to terminate the panel’s proceedings. Vice...
Vice President Sara Duterte asked lawmakers to stop using unreliable witnesses against her in their bid to besmirch her reputation. (From right) Vice President Sara Duterte and former DepEd undersecretary Sara Duterte (House of Representatives/Facebook) In a recent statement, the...
Vice President Sara Duterte turned the table on former Department of Education (DepEd) undersecretary Gloria Mercado after she claimed irregularities in the agency’s bidding process, as well as claiming that she received possible bribes from the vice president herself. Former DepEd...
